Overview of the Yaropolk Mikheev papers

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Title: Yaropolk Mikheev papers

Date (inclusive): 1919-2004

Collection Number: 2021C69

Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives

Language of Material: In Russian and English

Physical Description: 2 manuscript boxes (0.2 Linear Feet)

Abstract: Born in Kosovska Mitrica, Yugoslavia, 29 April 1939. Most of this collection, with the exception of a few documents of a personal character, deals with the final fate of the Russian All-Military Union, founded by General Peter Vrangel in 1924.

source: Mikheev, Yaropolk

Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 2021.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Yaropolk Mikheev papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical Note

Yaropolk (Iaropolk) Leonidovich Mikheev was a civil engineer and active member of numerous Russian émigré organizations in the United States, including the Congress of Russian Americans and the Russian All-Military Union (ROVS) abroad. He was elected Ataman of the Don Cossack Voisko Abroad in 2004. Mikheev was born in Kosovska Mitrica, Yugoslavia, on April 29, 1939. He immigrated to the United States in 1949. He died in 2019.

Scope and Content of Collection

Most of this collection, with the exception of a few documents of a personal character, deals with the final fate of the Russian All-Military Union, founded by General Peter Vrangel in 1924. By the late 1990s the organization was in a moribund state due to the deaths of most of its original members. The membership at this time consisted primarily of military school cadets born in emigration. They decided to open up membership to post-Soviet citizens in the Russian Federation; the branch there was headed by Igor Ivanov. Ultimately, the emigre branch decided to shutter the whole organization, but Ivanov balked. Most of the documentation concerns these events, the struggle around the organization and its demise.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Mikheev, Yaropolk

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box 1

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box 2, folder 1-2

Correspondence and reports relating to the Russian All-Military Union 1919-2004

Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence and reports relating to ROVS, the Russian All-Military Union, an emigre White Russian veterans organization founded by General P.N. Vrangel and then hijacked by shady figures from the Russian Federation. Also includes some older documents relating to family history.